Finow measure

	Finow measure	Large Finow measure
length	40.2 m	41 m
width	4.60 m	5.10 m
Draft	1.40 m	1.75 m
Load capacity	170 t	270 t

Finow Maßkahn Alter Fritz in the Mildenberg brickyard

The Finow measure was the first standardized inland waterway measure . These dimensions are still important today for the planning of canals and locks, the Groß-Finow dimension corresponds to Category I of inland waterways . The Finow dimension was specifically set for the Finow Canal in 1845 when its locks were renewed. The ships were called Finow Maßkähne . A few decades later, the Groß-Finow measure was adopted .

The Finow dimension was decisive for the specification of inland waterway class I east of the Elbe.

literature

• Pestalozzi Association of the Province of Saxony . The province of Saxony in words and pictures. I. Volume. Published by Julius Klinkhardt, 1902, pp. 95 ff.
• Hans-J. Uhlemann: Berlin and the Märkische waterways . transpress Verlag, Berlin, various years, ISBN 3-344-00115-9
• Herbert Sterz: Havel shipping under sail . Verlag MEDIA @ VICE, Pritzwalk 2005, ISBN 3-00-016065-5

Web links

• Other historical barges in the port. Retrieved December 22, 2010 . 
• EAU 2004: Recommendations of the working committee "Bank edging" in the Google book search ISBN 978-3-433-02852-0